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Gentiana saponaria
Also called Soapwort Gentian
Harvestbells is a native North American perennial gentian, 30 to 60 cm tall, with blue or purple flowers, best grown in a sunny, well-drained, undisturbed spot in a native or wildflower garden. It is rare in the wild and grows slowly from a taproot, so it is better suited to patient gardeners.
Gentiana saponaria, the soapwort gentian or harvestbells, is a 1–2 ft (30–61 cm) tall flowering plant in the Gentianaceae family.
It is native to eastern North America south of the Great Lakes, from Wisconsin to New York, and south to Texas and Florida. It is rare in its range, usually found in undisturbed sandy soils.
Gentian · Plain gentian · Southern Gentian · Closed bottle gentian · Willow Gentian · Appalachian gentian · Pine barren gentian · Baeuerlen's Gentian · Gentiana bavarica · Gentiana bredboensis · Rainier pleated gentian · Elliott's gentian
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentiana saponaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
